Thursday, 8 December 2016

8 December 2016 – Parcent to Jalon

We
should have walked the Col de Rates this week, but after two days of heavy
rain, and a forecast of more of the same today, we abandoned that idea.

Having
also cancelled the same walk last week, and for the same reason, we were
determined to walk today if at all possible.Twelve had signed up for the Col de Rates walk and we advised all of
them of the cancellation.We also
confirmed that we would do an alternative valley walk providing that it was not
raining when we started.

After
a night of heavy rain we were not hopeful.But by the time we were due to leave the house the rain had stopped, and
though overcast it was at least dry.We
were delighted to find nine waiting at the start, only three had decided not to
walk.

Instead
of the Col de Rates walk we walked to Jalon via Alcalali.We were almost in Jalon by the time it
started to rain, and we abandoned an extension to Lliber.We reached Bar Claudia reasonably dry and
were pleased that we were allowed to eat our picnic providing that we bought a
drink.

It
was not one of our more challenging walks, but it seemed that everyone enjoyed
it.Clearly it was not a day for taking
photographs.However it was better than
sitting at home watching the grey sky and waiting for the sun to appear.

This
is the second time that we have had to abandon the Col de Rates walk and we
will offer a different walk next week rather than chance our luck once again.

Thanks
to Nick for the weekly stats.The
distance was just under 11 kilometres and included a total ascent of about 92
metres.Mind from the diagram it looks
like we climbed down to Jalon and back up again to Parcent!